Fly to my mistress

Robert Herrick

1591 to 1674

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When on her lip thou hast thy sweet dew placed,
Toll forth my death; next, to my burial come.
If so, we live; if not, with mournful hum,
Mark if her tongue but slyly steal a taste;
Fly to my mistress, pretty pilfering bee,
And say thou bring'st this honey-bag from me;

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